Objective

I was born  on January 8, 1638 in Bologna, Italy. I am one of the first successful female artists in an era that denied academy training to women. I am the daughter of a painter and art teacher. My moms name is Giovanni Andrea Sirani. I have two sisters. There names are Barbara and Ann Maria Sirani. As well as me, my sisters followed the artistic road too.

Experience

• Brief career-
  • Etched 14 plates
  • Astonishing collection of oil paintings
    • Allegorical and dramatic art from:
      • Historical
      • Scriptural
      • Mythological subjects
  • Distinctive Style-
    • From studying from her father she learned:
      • Learned Narrative organization
      • Lyricism
  • Developed a taste for:
    • Dark, rich jewel stones
    • The dominant palette in Italian Fashions and Residential decor
  • At age seventeen:
    • Earned a living painting and engraving
    • supported my family
    • Completed oil paintings at such a fast pace
    • Arranged and exhibition of work in progress at the Siriani Studio
      • Invited:
        • European Artists
        • The Public
    • Flourished at historic and religious scenarios
    • Completed over 190 drawings
    • Most dramatic works
      • The unmasked figure of Melpomene, the Greek tragic muse, who inspired creators of drama, art, and poetry, and music. Pale- hued and cool against a backdrop of fringed drapes, she sits turbaned and pensive at a table among the tools of her trade, including quill pen, ink pot, books, and the flesh- tone mask worn by stage performer.
    • Flourished at biblical representations:
      • Temptress Dahlia and the betrayer of Samson with scissors in hand; a penitent Mary Magdalene set against a gloomy cave with her guileless young face uplifted. And many views of the Virgin Mary and Child.
      • Sly Cleopatra dropping herbs into a bowl, Berenice clipping a strand of hair, Cain killing his brother Abel, Michael overcoming Satan, "The Madonna of the Rose", a jubilant cheru lifting bow and purple banner to the skies, and "St. Jerome in the Wilderness".
    • Most Admired Scriptural Scenarios:
      • Is Judith, the majestic heroine of the apocrypha who murdered the drunken Assyrian overlord Holofernes and beheaded him with his own sword. In the painting, Judith is jeweled turban triumphantly extracting the gory head by the hair from a sack with a firm two- handed grip. While three onlookers gaze down by torchlight at the results of her deed, Judith looks confidently ahead, fearless in the exacting of justice against a feared despolier and threat to the Jews.
    • From Roman History:
      • In 1664, I painted "Portia, Wounding Her Thigh", a mini- drama in which the noble daughter of Cato and wife of Marcus Brutus contemplates stabbing herself with a knife to prove that she can keep quiet during the conspirators' plot to assassinate Julius Ceasar. The elegniac pose pictures the anguished wife with cool flesh exposed for the deed.
    • Self- Portrait
      • At age 22 I completed a self portrait. It featured:
        • A plain, yet appealing woman, paintbrush in hand, with a large oval eyes sizing up her subject. Disarmingly rosy- toned and feminine in high- brushed blue gown, full white sleeves, dusky pinki drapings, pearls, and brooches, she seems overdressed and out of place with palette clasped in her left thumb and daubs of paint ready for application to her canvas.

Education

•     Educated in:
  • Voice
  • Harp
  • Poetry
  • Classical Literature
  • Bible

Interests

• Painting
• Engraving
• Oil Painting on Canvas